Air Passenger traffic at Mangaluru airport rises 43%

Air Passenger traffic at Mangaluru airport rises 43%

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, June 3, 2018: Passenger traffic in Mangaluru Airport in April registered a growth of 43 per cent over the corresponding month last year, shows latest figures released by the Airport Authority of India.

According to the AAI, during April, the total freight at all Indian airports stood at 284.33 thousand MT, reflecting a growth of 6.1 per cent over the corresponding month of previous year. Of this percentage, the growth in international freight stood at 4.6 per cent and domestic freight at 9 per cent.

Passenger traffic in Indian airports registered a growth of 21.7 per cent and domestic traffic grew by 25 per cent and international traffic by 10.2 per cent in April, with the overall passenger movement being recorded at 28.22 million, the AAI said. Smaller towns which benefitted from the regional connectivity scheme of the government have also started contributing to the overall growth passenger traffic growth.

Places such as Shillong, Shimla, Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Bhuntar, Pathankot, Mysore, Salem, among others, saw a good number of passenger traffic movement in April as opposed to the corresponding period last year. Passenger movement in Mysore shot up to 3,598 in April from almost nowhere. In Bhatinda, the growth was an impressive 382.5 per cent, with 4,203 passengers travelling in April as opposed to only 871 during the corresponding period last year. The growth in Shimla was a staggering 549.4 per cent, with 1,117 in April as against 172 only during the same period last year.

Talking abouut the passenger traffic growth in terms of both domestic and international travels, Vijayawada and Tirupati witnessed over 70 per cent jump in the figures in April as opposed to the same period last year.